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AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,
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London, printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, Bookseller To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, and J. Creech Edinburgh, MDCCLXXXVl, (1786).. TITLE CONTINUED: Secretary to the late Neapolitan Ambassador, First Aerial Traveller in England, an Honorary Member of the Hon. Artillery Company of the City of London, Royal Archer of Scotland, Citizen of Edinburgh, Cupar, St. Andrew's, Hawick. FIRST EDITION 1786. 8vo, approximately 205 x 120 mm, 8¼ x 4¾ inches, hand coloured engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates with dividing tissue guard, pages: [6] including half-title,1-114, plus [2] explanation of the plate on verso, bound in full contemporary sheep, stained to resemble tree calf, red morocco gilt lettered label and gilt rules to spine. Binding slighly rubbed, upper hinge cracked but firmly attached, slight cracking to lower hinge, small chip to head of spine on upper and lower hinges, slight wear to corners with board showing at tips, stabholes to inner margins, pale stain to edges of pastedowns and endpapers at front and rear, 2 small pale stains to margins of page 65/66, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce edition with the uncommon hand coloured frontispiece. See: Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 58; ESTC N15907. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,
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- hot air balloons aviation aerial balloon ascensions scotland flight
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
